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The Green Tree Rotary Golf Outing was very successful. Over 80 golfers enjoyed a wonderful day of golf, then a delicious dinner of chicken and ribs at Chartiers Country Club on August 27, 2018. See the Photo Albums for photos of the golfers and Rotarians enjoying the day.

Green Tree Rotary is pleased to announce its scholarship winners for 2018. Daniel Bigley and Richard Bochicchip were each awarded a $1,500 scholarship for their college education. Daniel Bigley graduated from Bishop Canevin High School and plans to attend the University of Pittsburgh. Richard Bochicchio also graduated from Bishop Canevin High School and plans to attend Grove City College in the Fall.

District Governor, Ward Garner, visited Green Tree Rotary on July 20, 2017. He had an inspiring message, and we enjoyed a delicious lunch at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Green Tree. See the photo album, District Governor Visit 7-20-17, for more photos.

Green Tree Rotary awarded $1,500 scholarships to two deserving Keystone Oaks High School seniors: Theresa Novak, who will attend Penn state University in the Fall, and Kelli Slogan, who will attend the University of Pittsburgh.

The Green Tree Rotary Annual Charity Golf Outing will be on Monday, August 28, 2017 at Chartiers Country Club in Robinson Township, PA. Admission of $140 includes 18 holes of golf with golf cart, skill and door prizes, boxed lunch, delicious buffet dinner, 50/50 raffle, Chinese Auction and Silent Auction. Play will be either a Scramble or Shamble, at the Golf Pro's discretion. Registration begins at 10:45, box lunch is at 11:30, and the shotgun start is at 12:00 noon. Dinner is served at 5:00. The golf outing flyer is available at the "Download" section of this website. For more information, contact Barb Bennett, 412-445-6116, barb.bennett2@gmail.com.

The Green Tree Rotary Food Drive was a great success. Green Tree residents were asked to place non-perishable groceries by their front door. Members of Green Tree Rotary and their friends picked up the food and took it to the food bank at New Life Fellowship in the West End. Green Tree residents were very supportive of this important community event.

Green Tree Rotary enjoyed a very successful golf outing on August 29, 2016 at Chartiers Country Club. The golfers had a wonderful sunny day to enjoy the beautiful golf course. Then everyone had a delicious dinner of chicken and ribs, and enjoyed the many skill prizes, door prizes and auctions. Please check out the Photo Album for the golf outing.

Green Tree Rotary was pleased to welcome District Governor Linda Fisher Bruce to our weekly meeting on Thursday, July 22, 2016. She presented several members of our club with Paul Harris Awards: Brian Rohleder, Richard Canello, and David Montz. She also presented several members of Green Tree Rotary with flags, ties and scarves in recognition of their service to District 7300. Green Tree Rotary presented her with a green tree to commemorate her visit.

Green Tree Rotary is proud to announce the winners of its 2016 Scholarship. Antonio Casadei and Richard A. Novak were each a awarded $1,500 scholarship for their college expenses. Antonio Casadei is a graduate of Keystone Oaks High School. Antonio is an Eagle Boy Scout. At Keystone Oaks, Antonio has been a member of the National Honor Society and has been active in a variety of clubs and community service projects. He is planning to attend Pennsylvania State University and major in Biological Engineering. Richard Novak is also a graduate of Keystone Oaks High School. At Keystone Oaks, Richard has been a member of the National Honor Society, was class president and active in a variety of clubs and varsity tennis. He is planning to attend Scheyer Honors College at Pennsylvania State University. He is planning to pursue a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. Congratulations to these two fine young scholars.

Once again, Green Tree Rotary participated in the Dictionary Project. Green Tree Rotary gave dictionaries to third grade students at nine area elementary schools in the Pittsburgh area--over 400 students! The third grade is a pivotal year for children to learn to write well and having a dictionary for their own helps children with this process.

District 7300 Governor, Bill Segar, visited Green Tree Rotary on Thursday, July 23, 2015. Green Tree Rotary presented him with a special welcome "whoo-whoo", a "Green Tree" plant, and a delicious train cake. Bill talked about his plans for the coming year in Rotary.

Green Tree Rotary gave dictionaries to third-grade students at eight area elementary schools the week of November 2, 2014. The Third Grade is seen as a pivotal time for children who are leaning to write, and having a dictionary for the child's own use helps them immensely. This is the sixth year that we have been involved with "The Dictionary Project".

Green Tree Rotary awarded two $1,500 scholarships for 2014, The students receiving the scholarships were Amy Coombs and Chandrasekar Muthiah. The students were selected based on several criteria: Scholarship, School Activities, Community Service and Financial Need. Amy Coombs is graduating from Keystone Oaks High School. She is planning to attend Pennsylvania State University at the Erie, Pa., Campus. She plans to pursue a degree in Nursing at the College of Nursing. Chandrasekar Muthiah is also graduating from Keystone Oaks High School. He is planning to attend Northwestern University, where he plans to pursue a degree in medicine. .

Golf Outing Monday July 14, 2014

Come join us for a fun filled day of golf at the Chartiers Country Club. Registration opens at 10:30 with a shotgun start at noon.Admission of $130 includes 18 holes of golf, golf cart, door and skill prizes, box lunch, and delicious buffet dinner. The golf outing flyer is available in the download section of this website.

If you cannot join us, please consider helping us raise funds by becoming a sponsor or donor. Information is available on the golf outing flyer available in the download section of this website.

Members of Green Tree Rotary assisted Green Tree Resident Kris Pusateri in feeding the homeless as part of Operation Safety Net on January 18, 2014. Operation Safety Net operates a shelter and provides dinner for up to 100 homeless people when the weather gets cold.

The members of Green Tree Rotary Club joined with the members of Carnegie/Collier and Bridgeville Rotary Clubs for a delicious luncheon at Nevillewood Country Club. We were entertained with Christmas songs by the choral group from Carlynton High School.

Green Tree Rotary and Bishop Canevin Interact Club collected food from Green Tree residents on November 16, 2013. The food was taken to the Southwest Food Pantry which helps many needy families in our area.

Green Tree Rotary delivered dictionaries to 325 third-grade students at six area elementary schools in October 2013. These dictionaries are for the children to keep and are appropriate for third-grade students. This is a great way to improve literacy in children and researchers have found that the third grade is a pivotal year for children in the development of learning to read and write.

The Green Tree Rotary Golf Outing will be Monday, July 15, 2013 at the Chartiers Country Club. Registration and Lunch will be from 11-12, and the shotgun start will be at 12:00 noon. Admission of $130 includes 18 holes of golf, golf cart, door and skill prizes, box lunch, and delicious buffet dinner. The golf outing flyer is available at the download section of this website.

Greentree Rotary, Bishop Canevin Interact Club, and many friends sang Christmas Carols to the residents of HCR Manorcare on Greentree Road on Dec. 9, 2012. The residents greatly enjoyed the singing and many joined in.

Green Tree Rotary gave dictionaries to 430 third grade students in local elementary schools. This is part of The Dictionary Project, which is a national program working to put dictionaries in the hands of third grade students throughout the country. The goal of this program is to assist all students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers, and resourceful learners by providing them with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come. Educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn, so we encourage our sponsors to give dictionaries each year to children in the third grade. We gave dictionaries to the students at Pittsburgh Westwood, Langley, Banksville, and Weil Elementary Schools, St Margaret of Scotland Elementary School and Keystone Oaks Elementary Schools, Aiken, Dormont and Myrtle Elementary Schools. The children loved them.

Green Tree Rotary had a very successful Golf Outing on July 18, 2012 at the Chartiers Country Club. With the proceeds of the Golf Outing, we were able to donate $5,663 to the Pittsburgh Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases (PIND) and $5,663 to Lending Hearts. J. Timothy Greenamyre, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, accepted the check for PIND. PIND is working to find treatments and cures for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders. Vasso Palouris accepted the check for Lending Hearts. Lending Hearts works to provide a social network for children with cancer.

Green Tree Rotary enjoyed a very successful Golf Outing at Chartiers Country Club on Monday, July 16, 2012. We had 127 golfers enjoying the beautiful golf course. It was a very warm day but everyone seemed to be having a great time. After a great day golfing, everyone moved inside (to the airconditioning) and a delicious dinner served up by the Chartiers Country Club's wonderful chef. Take a look at our photo album of the day's golfers.

The Green Tree Rotary Golf Outing will be Monday, July 16, 2012 at the Chartiers Country Club in Robinson Township, PA. Admission is $130 and includes 18 holes of golf, a golf cart, box lunch, delicious buffet dinner, skill and door prizes. Proceeds will benefit the Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases Lending Hearts, and other area charities. To participate, click on the download files for the golf outing flyer. Call Barb Bennett at 412-445-6116 or Rick Canello at 412-996-0021 with any questions.

Green Tree Rotary enjoyed a beautiful evening on the patio of Dave and Mary Montz on Saturday evening, July 7, 2012. Guitarist and singer Jamie Wright entertained us with his amazing performance. He took special requests and gave a wonderful performance. We also had a delicious dinner and just enjoyed hanging out with our friends in Rotary.

Green Tree Rotary is proud to announce the winners of its 2012 Scholarship. Each student received $1,500 to assist in their college expenses. The scholarship committee was Steve Burkett (chair) and Richard Canello. The winners are: Rachel Struble who attended Robinson Christian Academy and plans to attend Grove City College to major in Electrical Engineering; Kevin Mechas who attended Bishop Canevin High School and plans to attend Washington & Jefferson College to major in Accounting; and Marc McCann who attended Keystone Oaks High School and plans to attend the University of Pittsburgh to major in Pharmacy. Green Tree Rotary would like to congratulate these deserving students.

Green Tree Rotary held a free book fair for the children who attend Carnegie Boys and Girls Club's afterschool program in Carnegie. Each child was able to pick out several books that interest them. We also gave 1,100 children's books to the children at Weil Elementary School in the Hill District on April 27, 2012.

We gave free books to the students at Shaeffer Intermediate School, grades 4-8, in Sheraden on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Each child was able to choose 4-5 free books of interest to them. We are also giving 500 preschool books to Allegheny County's Headstart Program, for the children to take home with them. On April 20, we gave books to the children at the Boys & Girls Club in Carnegie's afterschool program. We received the leftover books from the Pleasant Hills Library Book Sale and the book sale at Castle Shannon Library and are giving them to children in underpriviliged neighborhoods. This is recycling at its best!

Green Tree Rotary prepared 125 Easter Baskets for delivery to area shut-ins on Saturday, March 31, 2012. The baskets had goodies such as a puzzle book, a plant (donated by the Green Tree Garden Club), healthy snacks, fresh fruit and candy. The Rotarians visited with the shut-ins for a few minutes to brighten the day of so many who needed it.

Green Tree Rotary is offering three $1,500 scholarships for 2012. These are open to students who belong to Bishop Canevin Interact Club or who are residents of Green Tree Borough. Two of these scholarships are for students who plan to attend college and one is for a student who plans to attend technical school. The scholarship form and directions are on the Green Tree Rotary's website download pages. The deadline for scholarship applications is March 30, 2012.

Green Tree Rotary held a Free Book Fair at Thaddeus Stevens Elementary in the Elliott neighborhood of Pittsburgh in January, 2012.Green Tree Rotary collected gently-used books throughout the year.The books were sorted by age group, and the children were able to each pick four free books. The children were thrilled.Many of these children did not have many books to call their own.We’re trying to change that!

Green Tree Rotary celebrated the Holiday Season with our annual White Elephant gift exchange at Scoglio's Restaurant in Foster Plaza. The lunch was delicious and everyone had a great time. We exchanged unique gifts. Rick Canello was thrilled with his light-up camoflage reindeer antler hat an Dick Rothrock was so excited to have some hair! See more picture in the White Elephant 2011 photo album.

Green Tree Rotary and Friends of Green Tree Rotary entertained the residents of HCR Manorcare with Christmas Carols on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. We were joined by Bill & Virginia Adamiak and their children. Bill played the guitar and we all joined in. Also several friends of other Rotarians and their children, plus members of Bishop Canevin Interact club lended their voices to ours. We gave out small stuffed bears to the residents.

Barb Bennett and Rick Canello of Green Tree Rotary presented a check to Jermaine Husser of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank for $4,624 at the meeting on October 27, 2011. This was a portion of the proceeds from the Golf Outing in July at the Chartiers Country Club. Jermaine Husser said that it would mean 47,000 meals to the needy.

Green Tree Rotary donated a total of 360 dictionaries to local elementary schools in the Pittsburgh area. The dictionaries are the "Best Dictionary for Students" which is specially geared towards third graders. This is part of The Dictionary Project, which is a nonprofit organization that helps to provide dictionaries to third grade students throughout the country. Green Tree Rotary has joined their efforts to encourage children to use a dictionary, so that they will be able to use the English language effectively. Green Tree Rotary donated the dictionaries to eight area elementary schools. The children and the teachers were quite excited about them.

Green Tree Rotary and Bishop Canevin Interact Club collected food from the homes in Green Tree on October 8, 2011. Residents in Green Tree received a notice the week prior to the food drive that Green Tree Rotary would be collecting food for the local food banks. Residents were asked to place non-perishable food by their front doors. Rotary and Interact members drove the streets of Green Tree and collected the food. It was given to two local food banks. The food banks were very appreciative that their shelves were replenished.

Green Tree Rotary Club's outgoing President, Sandra Rebholz, passed the gavel to incoming President, David Wandrisco. David Wandrisco will be President of the club for the 2011-2012 year. He welomes his new Board.

Green Tree Rotary is proud to announce the winners of their scholarships for 2011. Mr. Arun Muthiah, Ms. Melissa Slogan and Ms. Micaela Stump were each awarded a $1,500 scholarship for their college expenses. All three are senior at Keystone Oaks High School. Steve Burkett is the chair of the Scholarship Committee.

Green Tree Rotary stuffed and delivered 150 Easter Baskets to area shut-ins. This is the 10th year for this community event. The club delivers baskets that contain a flower, personal items, fruit, cookies, crackers, candy and even a stuffed animals. The club obtains names of area shut-in from the area churches and ohers. The members of Green Tree Rotary deliver the baskets, along with a friendly "hello". It really brightens the day of so many people.

The Green Tree Rotary Golf Outing will be Monday, July 18, 2011 at Chartiers Country Club. Registration begins at 12:00 and the shotgun start is at 1:00. Registration of $130 is for 18 holes of golf, golf cart, skill and door prizes, box lunch,beverages while golfing, and buffet dinner. Click here to download the Golf Registration Flyer. You can also attend for dinner only for $30. For those who wish to participate in our fundraising efforts and unable to golf, Please contact Rick Canello @ 412-996-0021 to pledge your charitable donation. Your participation is deeply appreciated.

Green Tree Rotary and Bishop Canevin Catholic Interact Club sang Christmas Carols for the residents at HCR ManorCare on Sunday, December 12, 2010. We had two guitar players, Tom Michael and Bill Adamiak, about 20 Interact students, several children and quite a few members of Green Tree Rotary. The residents of ManorCare and the carolers had quite a good time!

Green Tree Rotary held its annual food drive on Saturday, November 13, 2010. Members of Green Tree Rotary and Bishop Canevin Catholic Interact picked up food from residents homes and took it to local area food banks. The food replenished the shelves at the Southwest Food Pantry and the food bank at Wallace Memorial Presbyterian Church. Rotary members also solicited donations at Shop N Save on Noblestown Road. In addition to the food collected, we raised $400, which will be given to the two food banks.

Green Tree Rotary raised money to provide dictionaries to third grade students through The Dictionary Project, a nonprofit organization. (Twelve) Rotarians delivered a total of 352 dictionaries to students in the following seven schools: Dormont Elementary , Fred L. Aiken Elementary and Myrtle Elementary in Keystone Oaks School District and Pittsburgh Schaeffer Elementary, Pittsburgh Stevens Elementary, and Pittsburgh Westwood Elementary in addtion to St. Margaret of Scotland Elementary School in Green Tree. The Dictionary Project is designed to aid third grade teachers in their goal to see all their students leave at the end of the year as good writers, active readers, and creative thinkers. Our purpose is to provide third grade students in the community with their own personal dictionary. The dictionary is for the children to keep, so they can take it with them into the fourth grade and use it throughout their school career.

The childen (and teachers) were thrilled, and the children kept asking "is it ours to keep? Really?"

Green Tree Rotary held its annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, October 23, 2010. Pancakes, sausage, buckwheat pancakes were served to the many guests, including the entire Bishop Canevin Football Team! We raised about $1800, half of which was donated to the food bank at Wallace Memorial Presbyterian Church, with the balance being used for local charities.

Rotary District 7300 Govenor Tom Fallon visited Green Tree Rotary on August 23, 2012. We shared with him our goals for the year on some of our unique approaches to raising funds and contributing to the community. He shared with us some of his visions for District 7300. He was presented with a "Green Tree" from the club.